Macao (China), April 17 -- World No. 1 Lin Shidong, Sun Yingsha, and 14 other table tennis players advanced to the round of 16 at the ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025.
On the men's side, Lin upset Poland's Milosz Redzimski 3-1 on Wednesday.
Olympic gold medalist Wang Chuqin made a strong statement with a 4-0 victory against Tomislav Pucar of Croatia.
"It was quite agonizing before the match started, but once I focused on it, I entered a kind of selfless state -- more focused, more engaged, with a better mindset," Wang shared in the mixed zone afterward.
Olympic silver medalist Truls Moregard of Sweden defeated Brazil's Vitor Ishiy 3-1, and world No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan won against China's Huang Youzheng 3-1, both...